Even though Lepper most often praised the communist period as the golden era of Polish farming, and criticised the free market his rhetoric was full of references to Church, Catholicism and national identity: 'One cannot imagine Polish national culture without (...) Catholicism. It is the Church that allowed us, Poles, to defend our national identity’ (U11993). Lepper often quoted John Paul IPs remark that capitalism cannot be the only alternative to communism, and declared that wanting to 'be a Christian in Samoobronas activities means (...) to refer to the social ramifications of the Gospel and papal teachings’ (U11993). Listed as „Christian socialist”. ., antyglobalistycznychVirginia R. Domínguez: Global Perspectives on the United States Pro-Americanism, Anti-Americanism, and the Discourses Between, University of Illinois Press, s. 87. . The antiglobalization forces exemplified by Andrzej Lepper’s Samoobrona (Self-defense) party have also made a strong showing in recent elections. Lang, Kai-Olaf (2005). „Populism in Central and Eastern Europe – A Threat to Democracy or just Political Folklore?”. Populism East and West. Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs. 6 (1). Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association: 11.